Global Situation

The countries with the most cases by type

Data updated as of March 28


Percent Change Globally

Summary

  • The change in cofirmed cases spiked sharely on Jan 27 and there were additional spikes scattered up until Feb 1.
  • From Feb 1 to Feb 11 we saw a steady decrease in percent change of new cases.
  • On Feb 12 a 33% spike occured followed by a decline of less than 5% change from Feb 13 to March 9.
  • Since March 9 there has been a steady increse in global percent change.

Average change per day

## # A tibble: 1 x 3
##   Confirmed Recoveries Deaths
##       <dbl>      <dbl>  <dbl>
## 1     7413.      1805.   336.

United States

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Number of Cases by Location


Number of Cases Plot

  • The below plot shows the active number of cases in the US by date. This number is the confirmed number of cases minus the number of recovered cases and cases resulting in death of the patient.

  • The plot shows exponential growth in the number of cases as the only noticeable trend.

  • As of March 28, there are 118.4k active cases in the U.S.


Percent Change


Description of Percent Change plot

  • The Percent Change plot shows the change in number of active cases from the date listed to the next day. A positive percent change indicates the number of active cases increased, while a negative percent change in dicates the number of active cases is lower than it was on the previous day.

  • Unlike the case count, the percent changes shows a volatile trend with spikes scattered throughout. February 20 and January 25 are the largest spikes to date with a 150% increase. After the February 20 spike we see a steady increase in the percentage of active cases. This implies infection rates are higher than both recovery and mortality rates.

  • As of March 18, there have been mostly decreases in the percent change, implying the number of new cases in slowing.

ex.) On 2/08/2020 the number of active cases decreased from 11 to 8 as 3 patients had recovered from the virus. This resulted in a 27.3% decrease in active cases.

Italy


Number of Cases Plot

Percent Change


Description of Percent Change plot

  • The Percent Change plot shows the change in number of active cases from the date listed to the next day. A positive percent change indicates the number of active cases increased, while a negative percent change in dicates the number of active cases is lower than it was on the previous day.

  • The percent change remained flat up until February 20 with the exception of a single spike of change between February 6 and 7. (The above datatable shows the exact details)

  • The spike at February 20 shows a 533% increase. This is most likely due to increased testing practices by health professionals.

  • Since the February 20 spike the percent change has been lower indicating a lower number of new cases.

Note:a decrease in percent change does not mean the number of active cases is lower than on the previous day. Only a negative percent value indicates a decreases in active cases